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John Denny

John Allen Denny

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ
High School: Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Indians/Reds 1974-1986
Agents: Richie Bry [*]
Final Game: August 18, 1986
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 21 STL NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1975 22 STL NL 10 7 .588 3.97 25 24 0 3 2 0 136.0 149 73 60 5 51 6 72 3 1 8 591 95 1.471 9.9 0.3 3.4 4.8 1.41
1976 23 STL NL 11 9 .550 2.52 30 30 0 8 3 0 207.0 189 71 58 11 74 3 74 8 0 5 861 141 1.271 8.2 0.5 3.2 3.2 1.00
1977 24 STL NL 8 8 .500 4.51 26 26 0 3 1 0 149.2 165 85 75 9 62 0 60 5 1 6 664 86 1.517 9.9 0.5 3.7 3.6 0.97
1978 25 STL NL 14 11 .560 2.96 33 33 0 11 2 0 234.0 200 81 77 13 74 4 103 6 4 8 936 120 1.171 7.7 0.5 2.8 4.0 1.39
1979 26 STL NL 8 11 .421 4.85 31 31 0 5 2 0 206.0 206 116 111 24 100 7 99 3 1 6 900 79 1.485 9.0 1.0 4.4 4.3 0.99
1980 27 CLE AL 8 6 .571 4.39 16 16 0 4 1 0 108.2 116 54 53 4 47 2 59 5 1 4 464 94 1.500 9.6 0.3 3.9 4.9 1.26
1981 28 CLE AL 10 6 .625 3.15 19 19 0 6 3 0 145.2 139 62 51 9 66 3 94 3 0 10 623 117 1.407 8.6 0.6 4.1 5.8 1.42
1982 29 TOT MLB 6 13 .316 4.87 25 25 0 5 0 0 160.2 144 92 87 12 83 3 113 6 2 5 703 84 1.413 8.1 0.7 4.6 6.3 1.36
1982 29 CLE AL 6 11 .353 5.01 21 21 0 5 0 0 138.1 126 80 77 11 73 2 94 6 2 5 609 83 1.439 8.2 0.7 4.7 6.1 1.29
1982 29 PHI NL 0 2 .000 4.03 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 18 12 10 1 10 1 19 0 0 0 94 93 1.254 7.3 0.4 4.0 7.7 1.90
1983 30 PHI NL 19 6 .760 2.37 36 36 0 7 1 0 242.2 229 77 64 9 53 5 139 4 1 6 983 152 1.162 8.5 0.3 2.0 5.2 2.62 CYA-1,MVP-13
1984 31 PHI NL 7 7 .500 2.45 22 22 0 2 0 0 154.1 122 53 42 11 29 2 94 4 0 0 612 149 0.978 7.1 0.6 1.7 5.5 3.24
1985 32 PHI NL 11 14 .440 3.82 33 33 0 6 2 0 230.2 252 112 98 15 83 5 123 3 0 8 998 97 1.452 9.8 0.6 3.2 4.8 1.48
1986 33 CIN NL 11 10 .524 4.20 27 27 0 2 1 0 171.1 179 89 80 15 56 9 115 4 1 2 731 92 1.372 9.4 0.8 2.9 6.0 2.05
13 Yrs 123 108 .532 3.59 325 322 0 62 18 0 2148.2 2093 967 856 137 778 49 1146 54 12 68 9077 105 1.336 8.8 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.47
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .532 3.59 34 34 0 7 2 0 226 220 102 90 14 82 5 120 6 1 7 954 105 1.336 8.8 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.47
STL (6 yrs) 51 46 .526 3.67 147 144 0 30 10 0 934.2 912 428 381 62 361 20 409 25 7 33 3963 101 1.362 8.8 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.13
PHI (4 yrs) 37 29 .561 2.96 95 95 0 15 3 0 650.0 621 254 214 36 175 13 375 11 1 14 2687 123 1.225 8.6 0.5 2.4 5.2 2.14
CLE (3 yrs) 24 23 .511 4.15 56 56 0 15 4 0 392.2 381 196 181 24 186 7 247 14 3 19 1696 96 1.444 8.7 0.6 4.3 5.7 1.33
CIN (1 yr) 11 10 .524 4.20 27 27 0 2 1 0 171.1 179 89 80 15 56 9 115 4 1 2 731 92 1.372 9.4 0.8 2.9 6.0 2.05
NL (11 yrs) 99 85 .538 3.46 269 266 0 47 14 0 1756.0 1712 771 675 113 592 42 899 40 9 49 7381 107 1.312 8.8 0.6 3.0 4.6 1.52
AL (3 yrs) 24 23 .511 4.15 56 56 0 15 4 0 392.2 381 196 181 24 186 7 247 14 3 19 1696 96 1.444 8.7 0.6 4.3 5.7 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1974 21 STL NL 2.0 2 0 2 9.00 4.63 0.28 -0.37 98.0 3.89 -1 -0.1 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .440 .499 $
1975 22 STL NL 136.0 25 24 73 4.83 4.05 -0.22 0.13 104.9 4.61 -4 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.5 9 .481 .497 $
1976 23 STL NL 207.0 30 30 71 3.09 4.05 -0.04 0.13 101.6 4.29 26 3.2 -0.1 4.7 46 .606 .520 $
1977 24 STL NL 149.2 26 26 85 5.11 4.41 0.23 0.16 99.4 4.31 -14 -1.5 -0.1 -0.4 1 .444 .491 $40,000
1978 25 STL NL 234.0 33 33 81 3.12 4.08 -0.09 0.13 99.0 4.26 27 3.3 -0.1 5.0 51 .600 .520 $
1979 26 STL NL 206.0 31 31 116 5.07 4.31 0.13 0.14 102.3 4.43 -16 -1.7 -0.1 -0.2 5 .445 .489 $
1980 27 CLE AL 108.2 16 16 54 4.47 4.31 -0.29 0.14 103.0 4.89 4 0.5 -0.0 1.3 16 .530 .503 $
1981 28 CLE AL 145.2 19 19 62 3.83 4.22 -0.51 0.14 100.3 4.88 17 2.1 -0.1 3.2 26 .608 .513 $
1982 29 CLE AL 138.1 21 21 80 5.20 4.63 -0.12 0.16 102.4 5.03 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 12 .491 .499 $
1982 29 PHI NL 22.1 4 4 12 4.84 3.92 -0.07 0.14 103.0 4.25 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 1 .454 .499 $
1983 30 PHI NL 242.2 36 36 77 2.86 4.04 -0.38 0.14 98.6 4.49 43 5.3 -0.1 7.1 68 .647 .533 $ CYA-1,MVP-13
1984 31 PHI NL 154.1 22 22 53 3.09 4.10 -0.09 0.14 101.4 4.39 21 2.5 -0.1 3.7 37 .613 .515 $
1985 32 PHI NL 230.2 33 33 112 4.37 4.00 -0.27 0.14 104.5 4.60 4 0.5 -0.1 2.2 28 .515 .503 $1,109,333
1986 33 CIN NL 171.1 27 27 89 4.68 4.17 -0.15 0.15 102.8 4.59 -2 -0.3 -0.1 1.0 15 .490 .498 $1,083,333
13 Seasons 2148.2 325 322 967 4.05 4.17 -0.15 0.14 101.6 4.53 101 12.8 .8 -1.0 28.9 313 .540 .506 $2,232,666
STL (6 yrs) 934.2 147 144 428 4.12 4.18 0.00 0.13 101.3 4.36 17 2.7 .8 -0.4 9.5 111 .518 .503 $40,000
PHI (4 yrs) 650.0 95 95 254 3.52 4.03 -0.26 0.14 101.5 4.50 67 8.1 -0.3 13.0 133 .585 .512 $1,109,333
CLE (3 yrs) 392.2 56 56 196 4.49 4.39 -0.31 0.15 101.8 4.94 20 2.3 -0.2 5.4 55 .542 .505 $
CIN (1 yr) 171.1 27 27 89 4.68 4.17 -0.15 0.15 102.8 4.59 -2 -0.3 -0.1 1.0 15 .490 .498 $1,083,333

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 30 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 28 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1983 30 PHI NL WS L BAL 1 1 .500 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 5 5 1 3 2 9 0 0 0 54 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 3.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 2 .333 2.37 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 17 8 5 1 6 3 12 1 0 0 82 1.211 8.1 0.5 2.8 5.7 2.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 28 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 5 5 1 3 2 9 0 0 0 54 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 6.2 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1974 21 STL NL 2 11 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 .300 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
1975 22 STL NL 25 591 533 73 149 29 9 5 6 8 51 72 .280 .344 .396 .740 .314 211 13 3 1 3 6 10
1976 23 STL NL 30 861 769 71 189 24 3 11 8 9 74 74 .246 .318 .328 .646 .260 252 26 8 9 1 3 9
1977 24 STL NL 26 664 587 85 165 45 2 9 7 4 62 60 .281 .353 .411 .764 .299 241 13 5 7 3 0 8
1978 25 STL NL 33 936 840 81 200 31 5 13 15 12 74 103 .238 .302 .333 .635 .256 280 34 6 9 7 4 9
1979 26 STL NL 31 900 778 116 206 31 4 24 8 6 100 99 .265 .350 .407 .757 .277 317 28 3 15 3 7 9
1980 27 CLE AL 16 464 408 54 116 13 4 4 8 6 47 59 .284 .363 .365 .728 .322 149 18 5 1 3 2 2
1981 28 CLE AL 19 623 547 62 139 24 0 9 7 5 66 94 .254 .335 .347 .682 .290 190 24 3 2 5 3 8
1982 29 TOT MLB 25 703 607 92 144 23 4 12 11 4 83 113 .237 .333 .348 .681 .272 211 13 6 4 3 3 7
1982 29 CLE AL 21 609 524 80 126 20 4 11 11 4 73 94 .240 .338 .357 .695 .273 187 12 6 3 3 2 6
1982 29 PHI NL 4 94 83 12 18 3 0 1 0 0 10 19 .217 .301 .289 .590 .270 24 1 0 1 0 1 1
1983 30 PHI NL 36 983 915 77 229 28 10 9 12 19 53 139 .250 .293 .332 .626 .286 304 27 4 8 3 5 19
1984 31 PHI NL 22 612 570 53 122 27 2 11 11 5 29 94 .214 .256 .326 .582 .237 186 8 4 6 3 2 12
1985 32 PHI NL 33 998 893 112 252 31 11 15 25 7 83 123 .282 .342 .392 .734 .311 350 28 3 11 8 5 12
1986 33 CIN NL 27 731 658 89 179 36 5 15 12 9 56 115 .272 .331 .410 .741 .308 270 18 4 9 4 9 8
13 Yrs 325 9077 8116 967 2093 342 59 137 130 94 778 1146 .258 .325 .365 .690 .284 2964 250 54 82 46 49 115
162 Game Avg. 34 954 853 102 220 36 6 14 14 10 82 120 .258 .325 .365 .690 .284 312 26 6 9 5 5 12
MLB Averages .260 .325 .384 .709 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 21 STL NL 0.1 0.0 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .44 -0.1 -0.4 -1.4 -0.1 0.44 -1.0 0 1 1
1975 22 STL NL -4.1 -0.4 626 -0.7 10.4 -11.1 1.01 -0.8 0.1 -8.7 -0.9 1.01 -6.5 0 1 0
1976 23 STL NL 21.2 2.4 888 2.0 15.3 -13.4 .99 1.6 0.4 23.8 2.6 0.99 15.4 0 0 0
1977 24 STL NL -10.8 -1.1 687 -2.1 10.5 -12.6 .96 -0.8 -1.4 -11.0 -1.1 0.96 -6.4 0 0 0
1978 25 STL NL 17.9 2.0 979 2.2 16.5 -14.4 .95 1.6 0.6 24.2 2.7 0.95 18.5 0 0 0
1979 26 STL NL -18.9 -1.9 922 -2.3 16.3 -18.5 1.09 -1.2 -0.9 -14.7 -1.5 1.09 -13.1 0 0 0
1980 27 CLE AL -0.7 -0.1 484 0.4 8.0 -7.6 .97 0.5 -0.0 3.2 0.3 0.97 6.6 0 0 0
1981 28 CLE AL 6.2 0.7 646 0.8 11.5 -10.6 1.07 0.2 0.6 3.1 0.3 1.07 -0.3 0 0 0
1982 29 TOT MLB -12.1 -1.2 728 -0.7 11.6 -12.3 .99 0.0 -0.8 -7.7 -0.8 0.99 -1.7 0 0 0
1982 29 CLE AL -11.1 -1.1 632 -1.0 9.7 -10.7 .96 -0.2 -0.9 -6.6 -0.6 0.96 -3.2 0 0 0
1982 29 PHI NL -1.0 -0.1 96 0.2 1.9 -1.7 1.19 0.2 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.19 1.5 0 0 0
1983 30 PHI NL 31.6 3.5 1023 3.7 18.7 -15.0 1.03 3.3 0.3 33.1 3.7 1.03 31.9 0 0 0
1984 31 PHI NL 17.9 2.0 626 0.6 9.7 -9.1 .93 1.9 -1.3 15.5 1.7 0.93 21.0 0 0 0
1985 32 PHI NL -3.3 -0.3 1036 -1.1 17.8 -18.9 1.07 -1.0 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.07 -9.1 0 0 0
1986 33 CIN NL -5.6 -0.6 756 -0.2 12.6 -12.9 1.00 -0.3 0.1 -4.7 -0.5 1.00 -4.6 0 0 0
13 Yrs 39.3 4.9 9412 2.4 159.0 -156.6 1.01 4.8 -2.5 52.5 6.4 1.01 50.7 0 2 1

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 22 STL NL 25 24 10 7 7 1 0 14 10 .583 0 3 3 2 12 50% 49.1 79 19 25 9 5 10 4.2 4.5 5.6
1976 23 STL NL 30 30 11 9 10 1 5 16 14 .533 2 5 8 3 20 67% 55.1 85 16 23 8 1 18 4.1 3.9 6.9
1977 24 STL NL 26 26 8 8 10 3 3 14 12 .538 2 7 3 1 12 46% 46.0 80 18 15 6 4 13 6.1 6.4 5.8
1978 25 STL NL 33 33 14 11 8 1 6 15 18 .455 2 6 11 2 22 67% 56.7 87 22 12 5 7 8 4.3 3.9 7.1
1979 26 STL NL 31 31 8 11 12 1 2 13 18 .419 5 4 5 2 13 42% 47.0 84 15 31 16 0 13 4.3 4.7 6.6
1980 27 CLE AL 16 16 8 6 2 0 1 10 6 .625 0 3 4 1 9 56% 48.9 82 16 13 7 3 7 4.2 4.1 6.8
1981 28 CLE AL 19 19 10 6 3 2 0 11 8 .579 0 1 6 3 10 53% 55.1 85 16 14 3 5 8 4.1 4.4 7.7
1982 29 TOT MLB 25 25 6 13 6 1 4 10 15 .400 3 0 5 0 12 48% 0.0 89 24 20 12 1 14 3.9 4.1 6.4
1982 29 CLE AL 21 21 6 11 4 1 4 10 11 .476 2 0 5 0 10 48% 48.9 69 24 19 11 1 12 4.4 4.5 6.6
1982 29 PHI NL 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 2 50% 52.5 89 32 1 1 0 2 1.2 1.7 5.6
1983 30 PHI NL 36 36 19 6 11 4 3 27 9 .750 3 5 7 1 24 67% 57.5 87 27 13 4 9 9 4.7 4.5 6.7
1984 31 PHI NL 22 22 7 7 8 0 6 11 11 .500 0 4 2 0 18 82% 60.2 83 39 7 0 2 10 4.2 4.3 7.0
1985 32 PHI NL 33 33 11 14 8 2 5 15 18 .455 2 6 6 2 18 55% 49.9 79 12 18 10 5 13 4.3 4.4 7.0
1986 33 CIN NL 27 27 11 10 6 2 3 16 11 .593 2 6 2 1 17 63% 50.2 89 22 22 12 8 5 4.1 3.3 6.3
12 Yrs 323 322 123 108 91 18 38 172 150 .534 21 50 62 18 187 58% 52 89 12 213 92 50 128 4.4 4.4 6.7
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 106 -13 4.3 4.2 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 21 STL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .442 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.0
1975 22 STL NL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.007 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
2 Yrs 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .997 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 2.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 21 STL NL 11 73% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 91% 3 0 0%
1975 22 STL NL 591 50% 0.9% 12.2% 8.6% 7.3% 29% 1.88 78% 115 13 11%
1976 23 STL NL 861 53% 1.3% 8.6% 8.6% 4.4% 20% 1.52 80% 163 26 16%
1977 24 STL NL 664 56% 1.4% 9.0% 9.3% 8.4% 34% 1.77 78% 127 13 10%
1978 25 STL NL 936 57% 1.4% 11.0% 7.9% 5.2% 25% 2.13 78% 144 34 24%
1979 26 STL NL 900 58% 2.7% 11.0% 11.1% 6.6% 29% 1.78 73% 175 28 16%
1980 27 CLE AL 464 48% 0.9% 12.7% 10.1% 4.5% 18% 2.34 75% 106 18 17%
1981 28 CLE AL 623 48% 1.4% 15.1% 10.6% 5.3% 24% 2.79 72% 113 24 21%
1982 29 TOT MLB 703 51% 1.7% 16.1% 11.8% 5.6% 27% 2.04 69% 151 13 9%
1982 29 CLE AL 609 51% 1.8% 15.4% 12.0% 5.8% 28% 1.94 69% 130 12 9%
1982 29 PHI NL 94 50% 1.1% 20.2% 10.6% 4.3% 22% 2.92 67% 21 1 5%
1983 30 PHI NL 983 48% 0.9% 14.1% 5.4% 4.8% 21% 2.90 78% 156 27 17%
1984 31 PHI NL 612 43% 1.8% 15.4% 4.7% 6.5% 33% 2.28 76% 89 8 9%
1985 32 PHI NL 998 49% 1.5% 12.3% 8.3% 5.7% 23% 2.34 76% 194 28 14%
1986 33 CIN NL 731 50% 2.1% 15.7% 7.7% 7.7% 31% 2.30 73% 130 18 14%
13 Yrs 9077 51% 1.5% 12.6% 8.6% 5.9% 26% 2.11 76% 1666 250 15%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 21 STL NL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 STL NL 591 149 5 0 11 1 4 1 4 44 19 9 43% 10 8 2 210 6 8 43% 5 8 1 0 0 0 7 0 18 0
1976 23 STL NL 861 189 11 0 14 7 4 4 7 31 18 4 58% 9 5 2 327 8 9 47% 8 7 0 2 0 0 3 0 10 0
1977 24 STL NL 664 165 9 1 15 6 3 4 5 41 21 6 51% 8 6 1 263 7 4 64% 7 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 14 0
1978 25 STL NL 936 200 13 0 6 7 6 3 10 27 16 6 59% 9 8 1 323 15 12 56% 15 11 0 0 0 1 4 0 18 0
1979 26 STL NL 900 206 24 0 19 16 8 13 11 42 22 2 52% 9 6 1 336 8 6 57% 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 0
1980 27 CLE AL 464 116 4 1 9 1 3 2 2 30 15 6 50% 2 4 0 185 8 6 57% 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 28 CLE AL 623 139 9 0 14 4 5 6 3 33 19 4 58% 8 10 0 227 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1982 29 TOT MLB 703 144 12 0 22 5 7 3 9 51 24 6 47% 7 5 1 274 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 12 0
1982 29 CLE AL 609 126 11 0 21 4 7 3 8 46 22 5 48% 6 5 1 234 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 12 0
1982 29 PHI NL 94 18 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 40% 1 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1983 30 PHI NL 983 229 9 0 21 5 4 4 5 40 20 6 50% 19 6 0 317 12 19 39% 12 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 0
1984 31 PHI NL 612 122 11 0 10 5 6 4 7 27 21 1 78% 12 0 1 186 11 5 69% 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1985 32 PHI NL 998 252 15 0 20 9 6 7 8 56 29 5 52% 12 8 3 382 25 7 78% 23 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
1986 33 CIN NL 731 179 15 0 9 7 8 6 9 34 19 3 56% 8 2 1 267 12 9 57% 12 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 0
13 Yrs 9077 2093 137 2 170 73 64 57 80 456 243 58 53% 115 68 13 3302 130 94 58% 122 81 7 11 1 2 26 0 157 0
MLB Averages 53% 66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 21 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1975 22 10 7 .588 3.91 27 24 0 3 2 0 138.0 152 75 60 5 51 6 73 3 1 8 602 97 1.471 9.9 0.3 3.3 4.8 1.43 97
1976 23 21 16 .568 3.08 57 54 0 11 5 0 345.0 341 146 118 16 125 9 147 11 1 13 1463 119 1.351 8.9 0.4 3.3 3.8 1.18 119
1977 24 29 24 .547 3.51 83 80 0 14 6 0 494.2 506 231 193 25 187 9 207 16 2 19 2127 106 1.401 9.2 0.5 3.4 3.8 1.11 106
1978 25 43 35 .551 3.33 116 113 0 25 8 0 728.2 706 312 270 38 261 13 310 22 6 27 3063 110 1.327 8.7 0.5 3.2 3.8 1.19 110
1979 26 51 46 .526 3.67 147 144 0 30 10 0 934.2 912 428 381 62 361 20 409 25 7 33 3963 101 1.362 8.8 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.13 101
1980 27 59 52 .532 3.74 163 160 0 34 11 0 1043.1 1028 482 434 66 408 22 468 30 8 37 4427 100 1.376 8.9 0.6 3.5 4.0 1.15 100
1981 28 69 58 .543 3.67 182 179 0 40 14 0 1189.0 1167 544 485 75 474 25 562 33 8 47 5050 102 1.380 8.8 0.6 3.6 4.3 1.19 102
1982 29 75 71 .514 3.81 207 204 0 45 14 0 1349.2 1311 636 572 87 557 28 675 39 10 52 5753 99 1.384 8.7 0.6 3.7 4.5 1.21 99
1983 30 94 77 .550 3.59 243 240 0 52 15 0 1592.1 1540 713 636 96 610 33 814 43 11 58 6736 104 1.350 8.7 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.33 104
1984 31 101 84 .546 3.49 265 262 0 54 15 0 1746.2 1662 766 678 107 639 35 908 47 11 58 7348 107 1.317 8.6 0.6 3.3 4.7 1.42 107
1985 32 112 98 .533 3.53 298 295 0 60 17 0 1977.1 1914 878 776 122 722 40 1031 50 11 66 8346 106 1.333 8.7 0.6 3.3 4.7 1.43 106
1986 33 123 108 .532 3.59 325 322 0 62 18 0 2148.2 2093 967 856 137 778 49 1146 54 12 68 9077 105 1.336 8.8 0.6 3.3 4.8 1.47 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 21 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 2
1975 22 6 8 .429 4.36 128.0 151 69 62 5 52 68 3 1.586 10.6 3.7 4.8 1.31 0.4 25
1976 23 13 8 .619 3.00 192.0 198 71 64 12 78 69 8 1.438 9.3 3.7 3.2 0.88 0.6 30
1977 24 6 9 .400 4.75 144.0 166 84 76 9 62 58 5 1.583 10.4 3.9 3.6 0.94 0.6 26
1978 25 13 10 .565 3.63 213.0 212 96 86 14 78 94 6 1.362 9.0 3.3 4.0 1.21 0.6 33
1979 26 8 13 .381 5.23 196.0 209 127 114 24 101 94 3 1.582 9.6 4.6 4.3 0.93 1.1 31
1980 27 4 6 .400 4.96 98.0 117 60 54 4 47 53 5 1.673 10.7 4.3 4.9 1.13 0.4 16
1981 28 11 11 .500 4.03 201.0 227 100 90 15 108 130 5 1.667 10.2 4.8 5.8 1.20 0.7 19
1982 29 6 11 .353 5.28 155.0 147 101 91 12 85 109 6 1.497 8.5 4.9 6.3 1.28 0.7 25
1983 30 17 8 .680 2.76 228.0 239 78 70 9 55 131 4 1.289 9.4 2.2 5.2 2.38 0.4 36
1984 31 11 5 .688 2.70 150.0 127 50 45 11 30 92 4 1.047 7.6 1.8 5.5 3.07 0.7 22
1985 32 11 13 .458 4.27 217.0 258 114 103 15 85 116 3 1.581 10.7 3.5 4.8 1.36 0.6 33
1986 33 8 10 .444 4.53 163.0 181 91 82 15 57 109 4 1.460 10.0 3.1 6.0 1.91 0.8 27
13 Yrs 114 112 .504 4.04 2089.0 2232 1041 937 145 838 1125 56 1.470 9.6 4.8 1.34 0.6 325

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ()

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 NL Cy Young
1983 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (1, 86%)
1 Cy Young
0.86 Career Shares (65th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.4 (9th)
1983 NL  7.2 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1976 NL  4.7 (7th)
1978 NL  5.0 (6th)
1981 AL  3.2 (8th)
1983 NL  7.1 (1st)
1984 NL  3.7 (8th)
Career  28.9 (247th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 NL  2.52 (1st)
1983 NL  2.37 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  19 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL  .760 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1983 NL  1.162 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL  7.692 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL  1.966 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  5.808 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1983 NL  242.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL  94 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1983 NL  36 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1978 NL  11 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  24 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 NL  100 (4th)
1981 AL  66 (2nd)
1985 NL  83 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  229 (8th)
1985 NL  252 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1983 NL  2.623 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL  0.334 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  111 (3rd)
1985 NL  98 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  10 (3rd)
1985 NL  8 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (2nd)
1978 NL  6 (9th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1983 NL  983 (9th)
1985 NL  998 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1976 NL  141 (1st)
1983 NL  152 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1976 NL  21 (4th)
1983 NL  32 (1st)
1984 NL  18 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1976 NL  2.4 (4th)
1983 NL  3.5 (1st)
1984 NL  2.0 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 NL  23.78 (5th)
1978 NL  24.20 (7th)
1983 NL  33.08 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 NL  3.7 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 NL  3.3 (1st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1976 NL  2.6 (5th)
1978 NL  2.7 (8th)
1983 NL  3.7 (1st)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Earl Wilson (967)
  2. Joaquin Andujar (961)
  3. Ray Culp (960)
  4. Mike Scott (958)
  5. Mike Boddicker (956)
  6. Dock Ellis (955)
  7. Doc Medich (954)
  8. Frank Lary (952)
  9. Dan Petry (951)
  10. Mike Krukow (948)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Hipolito Pichardo (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Sharrott (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Vickery (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Stafford (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hank Gastright (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pete Harnisch (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chuck Dobson (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Andy Hawkins (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Goltz (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Hill (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Goltz (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joaquin Andujar (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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